As of 13 August 2026, AI can choose monitors for your small business office.

What to actually do

1. Do it yourself

   The route this page recommends

   A chat interface, chat-fluent skill, and roughly 30 minutes until you can act on the result.

   How to actually do it

   1. Open a note or spreadsheet and record the total budget, number of monitors, each user’s work, preferred layout, desk width and depth, and any accessibility or eye-comfort requirements.
   2. Open the computers’ or docking stations’ specification pages and record every available video output, including whether USB-C supports video, then paste those details into the prompt.
   3. Measure the usable desk space and note whether monitor stands, monitor arms, laptops or other equipment will share it.
   4. Paste the completed prompt into a chatbot or Perplexity and ask it to produce the sourced shortlist, comparison table and recommendation.
   5. Open the cited manufacturer pages for the recommended models and compare the model numbers, dimensions, ports, resolution, adjustment features and warranty against the table.
   6. Open the cited UK retailer pages and confirm the current price, VAT treatment, delivery area, stock status and returns terms before buying.
   7. Send the final model, connection requirements and delivery details to the person responsible for purchasing, and keep the sources with the purchase record.

   Prompt

   Act as a careful UK office-hardware researcher. Help me choose monitors for a small business office using only information you can support with current manufacturer or reputable UK retailer sources.
   
   Requirements:
   - Budget: [total budget in pounds, including VAT if known]
   - Number of people and monitors: [details]
   - Work performed: [for example, spreadsheets, email, design, coding, video calls]
   - Computer models or operating systems: [details]
   - Available video outputs and docks: [HDMI, DisplayPort, USB-C, Thunderbolt, adapters or unknown]
   - Desk width and depth: [measurements]
   - Preferred screen size and layout: [details or unknown]
   - Required features: [for example, height adjustment, USB hub, speakers, webcam, daisy chaining]
   - Preferences or constraints: [for example, low glare, energy use, matching screens, accessibility needs]
   - Delivery area: [UK postcode district or region]
   
   Produce:
   1. A shortlist of no more than five specific current monitor models available in the UK.
   2. A comparison table covering price, panel type, screen size, resolution, refresh rate, ports, height adjustment, dimensions, warranty and availability. Mark any detail you cannot verify as unknown rather than guessing.
   3. For every recommendation, explain how it fits the stated budget, desk, computers and work.
   4. Identify connection, space, compatibility and return-policy risks.
   5. Recommend one option, one cheaper fallback and one option for a different priority.
   6. Link every factual specification, price and availability claim to its source, and state the date checked as 2026-08-13.
   
   Do not invent specifications, prices, stock information or user needs. Separate verified facts from your judgement. If essential information is missing, ask concise questions before making the final recommendation.

   Open it prefilled in ChatGPT or Claude, or copy it into Gemini, which takes no prefill link.

2. Use a tool built for this

   Second choice

3. Hand it to a person

   The distant third

   A person who owns the outcome does this end to end, worth it when the failure is dear.